Flip Phillips
@flipphillips.com
Professor of Motion Picture Science at RIT. Ex Pixar. Visual Effects Society. Sensory neuroscientist. Snare drummer. Protanomalous trichromat. Appalachian. 1st Gen.
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· Apr 5
While I was waiting for a call from the auto mechanic, unpacking records, I thought of something. #jazzsky.
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In case you had any doubt that peer review doesn't work in pay-to-publish journals, including those with a Nature badge....
#academicSky
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#academicSky
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Nature’s latest AI-generated paper — with medical frymblal and Factor Fexcectorn
Nature’s open-access sideline Nature Scientific Reports is the “we’ve got Nature at home” of scientific publishing. It appears to run any garbage for a mere $2,690 processing charge. A snip, I’m su…
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November 29, 2025 at 10:54 AM
In case you had any doubt that peer review doesn't work in pay-to-publish journals, including those with a Nature badge....
#academicSky
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/28/n...
#academicSky
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/28/n...
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I’M SOMEONE…
DO I LOOK LIKE A CAT
DO I LOOK LIKE A CAT
November 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I’M SOMEONE…
DO I LOOK LIKE A CAT
DO I LOOK LIKE A CAT
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We used to be a country
When the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade was directed by Hieronymus Bosch
November 27, 2025 at 10:35 PM
We used to be a country
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“Gravyboat Lighthouse” commercial from “Conan” back in 2010.
One of the stupidest things we ever did, from the brilliant mind of Andres du Bouchet. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! #Thanksgiving
youtu.be/LLDmzYObSMU?si… via @YouTube
One of the stupidest things we ever did, from the brilliant mind of Andres du Bouchet. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! #Thanksgiving
youtu.be/LLDmzYObSMU?si… via @YouTube
Gravyboat Lighthouse Commercial 11/24/10 | CONAN on TBS
YouTube video by Cactus Chef
https://youtu.be/LLDmzYObSMU?si…
November 27, 2025 at 9:15 PM
“Gravyboat Lighthouse” commercial from “Conan” back in 2010.
One of the stupidest things we ever did, from the brilliant mind of Andres du Bouchet. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! #Thanksgiving
youtu.be/LLDmzYObSMU?si… via @YouTube
One of the stupidest things we ever did, from the brilliant mind of Andres du Bouchet. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! #Thanksgiving
youtu.be/LLDmzYObSMU?si… via @YouTube
Was part of a gang of architects who defined the field while I was in school. Left quite a legacy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/a...
Robert A.M. Stern, Architect Who Reinvented Prewar Splendor, Dies at 86
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Was part of a gang of architects who defined the field while I was in school. Left quite a legacy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/a...
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47 years ago today, dozens of turkeys met their unfortunate demise in a Cincinnati parking lot.
November 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
47 years ago today, dozens of turkeys met their unfortunate demise in a Cincinnati parking lot.
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
Um. Erh. Ah…
Disney: Good luck to all our below-the-line friends during this festive holiday season!
Disney: Good luck to all our below-the-line friends during this festive holiday season!
Disney Paying Voice Acting Trio $60M Each For 'Frozen' 3 and 4
The 'Frozen' stars unprecedented paydays demonstrate the disproportionate gains earned by artists who craft animation's most lucrative IPs.
www.cartoonbrew.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Um. Erh. Ah…
Disney: Good luck to all our below-the-line friends during this festive holiday season!
Disney: Good luck to all our below-the-line friends during this festive holiday season!
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I looked at the photo before I read the story and my god I just want a world where tamale vendors can provide that deliciousness to everyone without ever fearing being deported.
Tamale vendors are not the enemy.
I know who is, though. They look like me.
Tamale vendors are not the enemy.
I know who is, though. They look like me.
November 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I looked at the photo before I read the story and my god I just want a world where tamale vendors can provide that deliciousness to everyone without ever fearing being deported.
Tamale vendors are not the enemy.
I know who is, though. They look like me.
Tamale vendors are not the enemy.
I know who is, though. They look like me.
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well i guess i’m gonna have to start smoking now
November 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
well i guess i’m gonna have to start smoking now
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“Once, after the group bought out a tamale vendor’s cart, that man found them days later to say immigration agents were spotted on his block just hours after. ‘You saved my life,’ Rosales said the man told them.” apnews.com/article/chic...
Chicagoans buy out street vendors amid a federal immigration crackdown
Across Chicago’s Latino neighborhoods, fear of a federal immigration crackdown has emptied the streets.
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November 23, 2025 at 10:16 PM
“Once, after the group bought out a tamale vendor’s cart, that man found them days later to say immigration agents were spotted on his block just hours after. ‘You saved my life,’ Rosales said the man told them.” apnews.com/article/chic...
This pleases me -
Chris Elliot's groundbreaking anti-sitcom, Get A Life, is finally coming to streaming, courtesy of Shout TV.
Stand in the place where you live because Get A Life is finally coming to streaming
Stand in the place where you live because Get A Life is finally coming to streaming
www.avclub.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:12 AM
This pleases me -
Same. I put a sticker over my new MBP ‘Apple’ to remind me of ‘Up’
My first MacBook was a PowerBook G3 Pismo and to this day I often still find myself setting down my MacBook down in reverse. You see the Apple Logo was presented to the user right side up when closed and when open upside down. I swear I get this mixed up often today.
November 21, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Same. I put a sticker over my new MBP ‘Apple’ to remind me of ‘Up’
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Igor Brkić built this interactive game that involves moving floppy disks around an array of drives.
Playing with Floppy Disks—Literally!
Igor Brkić built this interactive game that involves moving floppy disks around an array of drives.
www.hackster.io
November 20, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Igor Brkić built this interactive game that involves moving floppy disks around an array of drives.
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because nothing says “open-source heritage” like a clause threatening anyone who tries to understand how the machine they paid for actually works.
November 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM
because nothing says “open-source heritage” like a clause threatening anyone who tries to understand how the machine they paid for actually works.
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GWAR's Blothar the Berzerker (who has a PhD & teaches American history at the U of Virginia) stepping up to save our democracy...🤘🏻PBS is so important, and the ONLY reason the current regime is targeting it is because of the power it possesses to push forth uncensored information to the people.
September 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
GWAR's Blothar the Berzerker (who has a PhD & teaches American history at the U of Virginia) stepping up to save our democracy...🤘🏻PBS is so important, and the ONLY reason the current regime is targeting it is because of the power it possesses to push forth uncensored information to the people.
Man do I find this gambling-centric coverage of college football games annoying.
November 16, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Man do I find this gambling-centric coverage of college football games annoying.
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Blasting the shit out of this "Twin Pack"
November 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Blasting the shit out of this "Twin Pack"